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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin [ edit ] This list is arranged by drainage basin , with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's name.
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4] The river length extends to 444 miles (715 km) if the Jackson River is included, the longer of its two headwaters. [3]
The Shenandoah River / ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə / is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each, [3] in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. The river and its tributaries drain the central and lower Shenandoah Valley and the Page Valley in the ...
The Roanoke River (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) runs 410 miles (660 km) long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains southeast across the Piedmont to Albemarle Sound.
The Jackson River is a major tributary of the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia, flowing 96.4 miles (155.1 km). The James River is formed by the confluence of the Jackson River and the Cowpasture River. Course. The Jackson River rises in Highland County, Virginia, near the border of West Virginia.
Catoctin Creek (Virginia) Cedar Creek (James River tributary) Cedar Creek (North Fork Shenandoah River tributary) Cedar Run (Occoquan River tributary) Chatman Branch (Dan River tributary) Cherrystone Creek. Chestnut Creek. Chickahominy River. Chopawamsic Creek.
The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately 195 miles (314 km) in length. It traverses the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west where it rises, across the Piedmont to the Fall Line, and onward through the coastal plain to flow into the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Potomac River.
Rivers of Albemarle County, Virginia (1 C, 8 P) Rivers of Alexandria, Virginia (4 P) Rivers of Alleghany County, Virginia (1 C, 5 P) Rivers of Amelia County, Virginia (3 P) Rivers of Amherst County, Virginia (1 C, 4 P) Rivers of Arlington County, Virginia (6 P) Rivers of Augusta County, Virginia (8 P)